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The Henley Passport Index is a global league of the most powerful travel documents, based on how many destinations they will get you to without a visa.
This year, the most powerful passports are issues by Spain, Germany, France and Italy in the EU, along with Japan and Singapore.
These passports will allow visa-free travel to 194 of 227 destinations.
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The US said it has hit “dozens” of Iranian military targets in overnight attacks, in response to Iran hitting commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
The military said it struck “air-defense systems, coastal radar sites, missile and drone capabilities, and small boats”, using aircraft, ships, and drones – including “one-way attack sea drones for the first time”.
“The Strait of Hormuz is a vital maritime corridor for global trade,” the US military said. “Iran does not control it”.
In response, Iran said it targeted US bases in Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait and also radar systems in Oman.
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President Donald Trump has said the US is reinstating a naval blockade of Iranian ports and will impose a 20% charge on all cargo shipped through the Strait of Hormuz following days of escalating strikes between the two countries.
He said this would stop “Iran’s ships or customers” from entering or leaving the key oil shipping route, but “all other countries will have fair and open use of the Strait”.
Iran’s foreign minister later said whoever provides safe passage “should be compensated for this service”, but Iran would remain the strait’s “GUARDIAN” – using Trump’s word.
Tehran and Washington clashed over the strait’s control after exchanging strikes in the region overnight and on Monday.
The US said it carried out strikes against military targets in Iran, targeting air defence systems, coastal radars, and missile and drone sites. Iran said it responded by striking US military bases in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain, and radars in Oman.
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Wildfires of ‘exceptional scale’ have taken force in Paris, as neighbouring Spain still tackles flames across the country following its own devastating fires.
Now the UK is also experiencing wildfires in England and Wales, as its third heatwave of the year is set to intensify again this week.
Here’s what we know so far about the extent of wildfires in Europe and the UK, and how heatwaves are impacting them.
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Explosions have been heard near two Iranian port cities, Bandar Abbas and Bushehr, state media has reported.
It comes after another night of strikes between the US and Iran, with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps saying it hit two UAE tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and targeted US facilities in Jordan and Bahrain.
The UAE called the attack “brazen”, adding that an Indian crew member was killed and eight others were injured.
Meanwhile, the US military says it completed strikes on targets aimed at degrading “Iran’s ability to attack commercial shipping” – Iranian state media reports three people were killed.
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The US military said it was carrying out a new wave of strikes on targets in Iran. It said the aim of the attacks was to degrade Iran’s ability to attack shipping in the strait of Hormuz. It came ass the US Navy resumed its blockade of Iran’s ports.
Iran said that control of the strait of Hormuz was required for its national security and it will exercise sovereignty over the key shipping lane, whatever the cost.
President Trump announced that he was scrapping a plan he had announced a day earlier, for placing a 20% toll or tariff on all cargos passing through the strait of Hormuz.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith in Washington.
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@user-sj7ep7yx9h
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
북한에가고싶다
@PP_LK
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
Proud to be the owner of a Singapore passport 😬✌🏻
@jcdg6288
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
The British passport used to be one of the most powerful, if not the most powerful. I wonder what happened in the last 8 years 😅
@United-States-of-Africa
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
What about Jamaica passport. Where can I go.
@___beyondhorizon4664
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
The ranking don't mean much if the citizens of that country don't travel for various reasons.
I travel the world, sometimes i have a long layover, and i might consider visiting the city for few hours but i would not for for visa just for few hours or a day. Cities such as Dubai, – just high rise building for rich tourist.
Moscow, don't feel safe
From Phnom phen, Cambodia to Ho Che Ming, not for 1 night, i won't pay $60 visa. My travel schedule was too short.
I accidentally planed a 5 days layover in Tokyo without a visa, they issued me one in an hour 😅
@ACK333
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
Harry Potter no strong passport 😂 educated but no ID😂
@MiSt3300
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
As a holder of a 🇵🇱 Polish passport, I am so glad to have been born in the 90s because now when I am adult the passport is very strong, and when I was a kid it was very weak. Poland has come a long way, and we have one of the best passports in the world!
@IamDrDee
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
I am happy to have a U.S. and Jamaican passport.
@hussienalsafi1149
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@bobiq
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
Henly Passport Index is wrong. It says Spain doesn't need a visa to Australia but it does need an e-visa like most EU countries. This is bollocks.
@Fitnesspro-hs8pt
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
France 🇫🇷 passport 194 rank 1 💪👌
@saddiqbaloch1184
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
Love you Germany 🇩🇪 no 1
@limestreetlab
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
i can travel to russia no problems
@bakerkawesa
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
Many countries take a reciprocal approach to visas. If your country requires a visa for nationals of a given country, you'll probably require one yourself to travel to that country.
@JanJan-sx3yk
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
Anyone for practicing English send me your WhatsApp number
@carolinadarwin9688
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
Thank God I have a Spanish passport
@user-uj6in1nz5z
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
England the most killer human being in history and Gaza is just a small thing of this horrible history
@arvintingcn
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
两岸四地的護照在这种排行榜有个制约，基本上不能互相持有護照进入，所以从数量上都在吃亏，没人发现这种问题么？
@raffaelpeaceandlove
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
Brazil is not bad at 17th. Nice.
@williamearnshaw410
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
I noticed New Zealands highly prized passport has dropped away from the top spots ever since Jacinda Arderns socialist green government was in power for nearly the last decade. Their immigration policies turned to shit just like the rest of the country….
@auro1986
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
as if bbc needs passports
@shelbynamels973
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
Compare that to the situation during Queen Victoria's time, when a subject of the crown could practically travel the world without one. Such were the perks of empire.
@shelbynamels973
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
I simply can't imagine this being a news item on any news channel in the US.
@NeerajKumar-fv1vq
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
Indian Britisher 🇮🇳🇬🇧
@RebekkaHay
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
Who can afford to travel anymore?
@lukaszzaremba7642
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
Oh, Brexit Britain… Looking forward having your ugly mugs compared as you swarm the EU?
@clement2780
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
less freedom etias
@clement2780
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
ireland is most powerful as irish citizens has access to both uk abd europe
@horus808
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
But traveling is getting expensive now 😵💫, still without money, your passport is useless no matter how powerful it is. 😅
@Charlizzie
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
Philippines be like: There are countries that require visa and there are corrupt Bureau of Immigration that can deny you in a non-Visa country itself.
@that_bloke_kiri
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
Kenyas passport is weak as shit, only 76 destinations out of a possible 227, yet we are going visa free entry for anyone with an extra $35 dollars, jokers we are.
@fukyutube2279
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
Don't forget to MARK YOU ZIONIST GENOCIDE EXCUSE SCORECARD!
1. KKKKKHamas is everywhere and everyone.
2. Human Shields
3. Whataboutism (usual excuse for everything)
4. God given right to steal Palestine
5. The Only Democracy (forget the apatheid)
6. Israeli security (apartheid wall)
7. Iran did something
8. Antisemism (but don't do a DNA test)
@luketarus2769
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
Kenya🇰🇪 is now a visa-free country. Welcome all
@IndianStreetShittersPajeet
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
Why isn't |ndia a superpower in The Henley Passport Index ranking?🤭
@coolcat6103
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
Yawn
@exceptionalsas8448
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
I am a Bangladeshi, a South asian country
@user-nc2qj2jc5q
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
Seen Spain 🇪🇸 as nimber 1 in various passport indexs ,due to the fact spainards don't need a visa to go to China now.
@user-nc2qj2jc5q
January 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm
Viva España 🇪🇸👍🍷👍